Video Tutorials

Thursday, April 28, 2016

My son Morgan loves to hunt and find little critters everywhere he goes from mammals, bugs, reptiles, fish, birds, and crustaceans it does not matter. He turn over rocks and climb into streams and ponds to find fun new "friends". He is a true naturalist! On this occasion he found a little garden snake in our backyard, it is really small and called an earth snake. Morgan was beside himself and ecstatic that he found it and that I let him hold it (snake eats only small bugs and is completely harmless). So for my little rugged boy Morgan, here is my "M is for mischief" layout just for you!

Here is the process video for this fun layout.

I used the CSI (Color Stories Inspiration) Case File 198 as the inspiration for my layout being a Special Investigator for them this month. I used all 5 colors, 3 evidences are stripe, mesh, and string, and the testimony is documenting something about nature.

I used the most amazing chipboard for this layout including Circle Chain Frame and Social Hashtags (#happy). I used lots of mists to get the fun grungy colors on the chipboard.

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

I have love the look for the the little paperclips with the embellishments on the end, so when I get my box of goodies from Makin’s Clay® I had to make a set, but what to make?!? - FLOWERS!!! But not just any flowers, colorful ones that had a pretty shine and on some fun shaped clips!!

The next step was to make the shapes, so I used the Makin’s® Push Molds Floral and use various flowers with the clay colors I made above. Here is a video on how I made the flowers with the molds.

Now for the last step, turning these amazing air dry clay flowers (I let mine dry over night) into cute little clips, but first let paint them with Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam in various colors such as Icicle, Waterfall, Wicked, Plumeria, and Desert Sun to make them all shiny and pretty!! See below video for the final steps to making these super cute floral paperclips!!

I think my favorite are the yellow ones with the yellow glaze they just really shine!!

Here are the supplies I used from Makin’s Clay® to create these fun little clips:

Friday, April 22, 2016

I am in organizing mode, and today I am tackling some textures and trims I got a couple years ago at a CKC convention that have been tucked away in a drawer and I forget about them. They are starting to fray and get messy, so time to to get to work!!

Here is a detailed video on how I organized it all!!

Some up close shots.

This is the organizer I used, just stacked 2 high.

This is where I keep my organizer for easy access!!

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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Last spring our entire family went out peach picking in central Texas. They had a special that is your wore red clothing you would get a discount per pound on the peaches you picked, and wow are they good peaches!! Do we all dressed up red shirts, shoes, socks, and shorts (except for my daughter had to wear her blue tutu skirt, hehe) and we set off to get 12 pounds of peaches, and they are long gone!

Here is the full process video on how I made this super cute layout.

I got to join CSI Color Stories as a guest deceive with Creative Embellishments. I used the sketch and the jumping off point for my layout, then kept with the color scheme of the yellow, pink, white, grey and black. I took the feel of the layout from the scene of country life, and picking peaches isn't easy country living not sure what is!!?! My evidence that I used is paint, jute, flowers, and a decorative border. My testimony is my journaling.

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

I just got my first box from Makin's Clay filled with various colors of clay, mold, mat, tools, cutters, and more!! I cannot believe all the amazing this they just sent me!! Check it all out in the video.

Monday, April 11, 2016

I have been battling with my ribbon storage for a while, pretty much just dumping it in 2 containers without much organization and it has gotten to be a mess! As soon as I saw the Tilt bins from Deflecto I knew I had the answer to my ribbon/thread/lace pretty much anything on a spool organization problem.

Here is the complete tutorial on how I organized my mess of ribbon in to this neat and organized unit!!

Each color of ribbon has its own bin for easy access to find the perfect ribbon for my crafty needs!!

In each bin I stored each ribbon on a punch card I created from the Deflecto Sign Tag sheets and then laced the ribbon thought to help keep it all organized.

The beauty of these Deflecto Tilt Bins is that they stack and slide onto each other to make one unit!! I used the 5 and 6 drawer tilt bin, but there are other sizes. They even come with hardware to mount it onto the wall!

Sunday, April 10, 2016

I just got my new box from Deflecto and all the amazing goodies I get to play with for the month of April!! Filled with some amazing store ideas such as tilt bins, rotating carousels, and pencil cup holders!! Check out the video to see it all!!

Alexa

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About Me

I am a mother of 4 children (2 boys and 2 girls). I have been scrapping since 2007, mostly to scrap my oldest child's baby book and it took off from there. I love to create and to find new ideas.
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